Sale reports / Virginia / Southside Livestock Markets, Inc. / 2022-01-12

Southside Livestock Markets, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Blackstone, Virginia · Wed, Jan 12
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2183
Receipts
152 head
▲ 103 vs last sale 49▼ 80 vs year ago 232 · −34.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 78, Bulls 30)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.03/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$139.03
77 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$694
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$23.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.60
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1587140.5782532
Medium and Large 2439140.5061727
Medium and Large 3420136.2357116thin
Small 1545117.006382thin
One grade step is worth $23.57/cwt here — about $188 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale77 hd
139.03
—
VA average10 barns · 1,105 hd
137.43
+1.60
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 lots · USDA AMS · Southside Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Blackstone, VA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1300171.00/cwt171.00–171.005131
Steers—Medium and Large 2365169.00/cwt169.00–169.006171
Steers—Medium and Large 2443160.00/cwt160.00–160.007092
Steers—Medium and Large 1485159.00/cwt159.00–159.007711
Steers—Small 1490152.00/cwt152.00–152.007451
Steers—Medium and Large 1523154.26/cwt136.00–160.008078
Steers—Medium and Large 1557160.00/cwt160.00–160.008913
Steers—Medium and Large 2558154.32/cwt145.00–158.008617
Steers—Small 1595129.00/cwt129.00–129.007681
Steers—Small 1615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
Steers—Medium and Large 2643167.23/cwt158.00–169.001,0756
Steers—Medium and Large 1662167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1067
Steers—Medium and Large 2740159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1771
Steers—Medium and Large 1745157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1702
Steers—Medium and Large 2750146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0951
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2348144.50/cwt144.50–144.5050310
Heifers—Medium and Large 3359136.95/cwt133.00–139.004926
Heifers—Medium and Large 2388131.00/cwt131.00–131.005082
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432141.50/cwt141.50–141.506117
Heifers—Medium and Large 3441137.00/cwt137.00–137.006048
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471136.00/cwt136.00–136.006414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512135.00/cwt135.00–135.006913
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515131.00/cwt131.00–131.006752
Heifers—Small 1545117.00/cwt117.00–117.006382
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568140.00/cwt140.00–140.007957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579138.37/cwt136.00–139.0080114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605116.00/cwt116.00–116.007021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630149.00/cwt149.00–149.009398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1742140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0393
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2352175.00/cwt175.00–175.006163
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385158.36/cwt153.00–164.006102
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420160.00/cwt160.00–160.006726
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455147.00/cwt147.00–147.006691
Bulls—Medium and Large 2487150.00/cwt150.00–150.007313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553154.00/cwt154.00–154.008528
Bulls—Medium and Large 2590152.00/cwt152.00–152.008971
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615147.00/cwt147.00–147.009042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0383
Bulls—Medium and Large 1735152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1171

This sale against other markets

Virginia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.